1/2 When the only thing growing is leadership speculation Andrea Vance September 21, 2025 Some highlights below, source in threaded post #NZPol
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“It never hurts to keep looking for sunshine / te rā...” 🌤 Aotearoa NZ 🌏 🌈 🤲
Good work by @paulapenfold.bsky.social following up conflict of interest story involving former ACC manager JohnBennett seconded to #HealthNZ And $1M contract to mate. Looks dodgy as. #NZpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
ACC admits failings as controversial ex-manager’s emails emerge
A former senior ACC exec left out details when he disclosed a conflict of interest. Now the government agency has launched another review of its processes.
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#nzseedsaving #nzpol Does anyone know of Aotearoa seed saving and seed swapping Bluesky groups please? I've only put in nzpol so I get a response as I've no idea which hashtag names will get a response. Food as a lure.
Abilities Group had the building that caught fire in Glenfield yesterday - not only are they a service provider for the Shore, they're also an employer of over 100 people with disabilities and they're now asking for donations to assist with rebuilding and supporting their staff.
Abilities Group
Abilities Group asks for your help, as we support our 100+ disabled staff and volunteers following a devastating fire.
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Check out this new multi-lingual, culturally diverse cookbook full of community-sourced recipes from across NZ, celebrating the sharing of food with whānau and friends. gbb.org.nz/shop/familia... @goodbitchesbake is the NFP I work with, and we're super proud of it.
Locked Out with Craig Renney Finn Cordwell - Living Wage Wellington Community Organiser. The living wage. #nzpol
Ep02 Finn Cordwell on the Living Wage
YouTube video by DOC Studios
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Grattan Institute says expanding skilled migration visa a better option: "...a better approach is...trying to identify talented people that have started businesses overseas and bringing them here, rather than just bringing people with lots of money.” 2/2
What happend to David Seymour's claims that Atlas Network is a conspiracy? Looking back after a year. #nzpol
David Seymour and the Atlas Network Conspiracy - Is it Real?
YouTube video by Mountain Tui
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Oh sheesh 😬 Gift article from NYT. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/u...
Elon Musk and His Friends Help Trump Shake Up the Government (Gift Article)
The billionaire and his Silicon Valley allies landed in Washington and immediately moved to cut the size of the federal government, reprising the playbook he used after buying Twitter in 2022.
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Don't let McKee loosen our gun laws! Have your say by the 28th Feb. You can make a submission by: Link: consultations.justice.govt.nz/policy/publi... Email: firearms@justice.govt.nz Post: Firearms Policy Ministry of Justice – National Office DX SX10088 Wellington
Best Location: Each week, we spotlight a New Zealand location with strong immigration prospects for overseas psychologists. This week, we are featuring Invercargill, the southernmost and most affordable city in New Zealand. Check out our Invercargill blog post: zurl.co/ibmvl #psychology
Didn't realise NZ Herald was into free publicly for Free Speech Union by running a lazy op-ed copy/pasted from a press release. Prof Donna Haraway calls this “a conquering gaze from nowhere” - an uninvested, vapid framing that's seemingly "objective" but “represent[s] while escaping representation”.
Consumer writes about not paying Microsoft 365 price increase / don’t pay it NZ
You don’t have to pay the Microsoft 365 price increase
Here’s how to keep the price of your subscription the same as it’s always been.
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What we know about HMPV www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/h...
What We Know About HMPV, the Virus Spreading in China (Gift Article)
While cases are climbing in China, the situation is very different from what it was when Covid-19 emerged five years ago, medical experts say. HMPV is common and decades old.
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Me too. It's gone under the radar to a large degree, but the consequences of it becoming law will be disastrous. I also don't have the expertise to properly criticise it but I found this hugely helpful especially the Linktree links provided near the bottom. melanienelson.substack.com/p/will-the-r...
Will the Regulatory Standards Bill Silence te Tiriti?
Unpacking the Proposed RSB's Impacts on te Tiriti and Māori Rights
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Very helpful summary making it easy to submit your thoughts on the latest tranch of bills being pushed through NZ parliament
Rhys Jones 🇵🇸@rgjones.bsky.social · 2y agoOk, TPB submission finally done. ✅ What's next on the list of evil fuckery that needs opposing...?
If you haven't made a submission yet, please consider doing so. Soon. It profoundly sucks that the submission period for all these runs over the summer break. OK fine, what submissions do I have to make FFS?! open.substack.com/pub/emilywri...
OK fine, what submissions do I have to make FFS?!
Don't worry - I got you. Here's everything you need in one place!
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"While the Bill claims to promote clarity, conversation, & social cohesion, the evidence clearly indicates it has instead fuelled division, misinformation, & harmful rhetoric in Aotearoa New Zealand, growing at pace." A stunning, research-based piece, by Dr Hattotuwa. 🤲 Essential reading
Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa@sanjanah.bsky.social · 2y agoSent in my submission on Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill. Published it on Wordpress sanjanah.wordpress.com/2025/01/06/s... and LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/pulse/submis... Drew on my research to flag, amongst other worrying things, a *causal link* between Bill, & rapid rise of racism online.
The children evacuatd from Gaza for treatment of dire injuries 🥹 (free to read). ://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/world/middleeast/gaza-children-evacuated.html?unlocked_article_code=1.lU4.sb35.eioHwVK_prKu&smid=url-share
The Children Who Left Gaza (Gift Article)
Sixteen young people evacuated from Gaza for treatment of dire injuries. Months later, they face new lives in an unfamiliar country.
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MSD placing barriers for those urgently seeking housing. "There are credible reports that to verify applicants because they're victims of domestic violence, MSD staff are encouraged to phone the abusive partner to confirm their partner did not contribute to the violence" 😳😡 #NZpoli
NZ Govt: "We have a whooping cough epidemic, please get vaccinated especially if you're pregnant" 💉🤰 Also NZGovt - you health professionals want funding to be able to vaccinate patients? A big NO! ⚕️💉💲❌ #NZpol #HealthNZ #NZHealth www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Immunisation programme faces funding cut, as whooping cough looms
The successful programme for pregnant Māori and Pasifika and their babies in South Auckland has been forced to cut services, amid warnings of a whooping cough epidemic.
rnz.co.nz
#nzpol #atlasnetwork This is the regulation that is doing the actual damage. As important as it is, the TPB is running distraction from this particularly odious piece of legislation. They are seeking to built our country on a libertarian foundation. Please submit e te whānau 💚
Menthu-her-khepeshef@menthuherkhepeshef.bsky.social · 2y agoPlease make a submission against the Regulatory Standards Bill. #nzpol consultation.regulation.govt.nz/rsb/have-you...
In which I write about no-cause evictions, Nicola Willis stuffing up finances again and how this is a fundamental lipstick on pig government. Happy festive season, Bluesky and thanks for allowing me to join your family this year. #Kiwi
A Lipstick Government
Social services, no-cause evictions, terror of job cuts over Christmas, and putting lipstick on new laws.
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This bastard goes on about equal rights whilst trying to get a bill through that *goes against the Bill of Rights* They want poors and Māori to have nothing.
Assiduously Julie@awaterevalley.bsky.social · 2y ago"Together, these bills propose embedding Act’s ideological worldview in the heart of New Zealand’s constitutional framework, limiting legislative flexibility, executive decision-making, and judicial interpretation." The ‘dangerous’ bill flying under the radar e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...